Broom-bridle.



PATENTED SEPT. 6, 1904.

A. GALLAHAN.

BROOM BRIDLEL APPLICATION FILED NOV. 1B, 1903.

N0 MODEL.

Patented September 6, 1904.

UNITED STATES PATENT @FFICIZ.

ARTHUR UALLAHAN, OF (.zALE'lON, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIHNOR OF ONE- TIIIRI) TO DANIEL CALLAIIAN, ()F SLATERUN, PENNSYLVANIA.

BROOM-BRIDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 769,430, dated September 6, 1904.

Application filed November 18, 1903. Serial No. 181,719. (No model.)

To It who/1t 1'! may concern:

Be it known that l, An'rHUR CALLAIIAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at (,ialeton, in the county of Potter and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Broom-Bridle, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a broom clamp or bridle adapted to hold the broom-corn or brush in a position to facilitate sweeping.

The object of the invention is to provide a clamp or bridle which will not only strengthen and support the broom-corn or brush, but also cause the lower part of the broom to assume a concave-convex form,thereby tending to draw the sweepings toward the center of the broom when the concave side thereof is used.

A further object is to provide an improved clamp or bridle which may be readily placed in position on a broom, reversed thereon, or removed and used on successive brooms as the old ones are put aside.

A still further object is to form the clamp or bridle of a single length of wire bent to form a pair of spring clampingarms adapted to embrace the broom and hold the bridle in position thereon, said arms being provided with serrated concavo-convex gripping-jaws.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended, it being understood that various changes in form, proportion, and minor details of construction may be resorted to withou t departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a broom having a clamp or bridle constructed in accordance with my invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the clamp or bridle detached.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures of the d rawings.

.I designates a broom of the ordinary construction, and 2 my improved clamp or bridle. The clamp or bridle 2, which may be formed of metal or other suitable material, is preferably formed of a single length of springwire bent to form eyes 3 and outwardly-extending corrugated loops i, which embrace the opposite edges of the broom, as shown, the wire after the eyes 3 are formed extending downwardly on opposite sides of the broom and parallel therewith to form springarms The ends of the arms 5 are curved outwardly and thence inwardly to form points or spurs 6. adapted to engage the sides of the broom, and thence in a horizontal direction to form a pair of concave-convex gripp1ngaws 7. The jtlWS T are preferably crimped or corrugated to form teeth 8, the

points of which engage the broom when the bridle is in position thereon and which, in connection with the spurs 6, prevent lateral displacement of the bridle. The grippingjaws being concavo-convex in form will cause the lower portion of the broom to assume a similar shape, as clearly shown in Fig. 2, thereby drawing the sweepings to the center of the broom when the concave side thereof is used.

\Yhcn the broom is worn out, the bridle an be rmdily removed therefrom and placed in position on another broom, or the bridle may be reversed on the broom so as to wear the broom-corn or brush evenly. The springarms permit the bridle to be removably clamped in position on the broom without the employment of bolts, staples and similar auxiliary fastening devices. The clamps or bridles may be made in different sizes, so as to fit any-size broom or brush.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed 1.. A bridle for brooms having spring clamping-arms adapted to engage the opposite sides of the broom, said arms being provided with concave-convex gripping-jaws having terminal spursadapted to engage the edges of the broom.

2. A reversible bridle for brooms, comprising spring clamping-arms adapted to engage the opposite. sides of the broom, said arms being provided With concavo-cohvex grippingjaws having terminal spurs and intermediate broom-engaging teeth.

3. A bridle for brooms comprising, vertically-disposed spring clamping-arms connected at their upper ends by laterally-extending loops, the lower endsof said arms being provided With serrated concavo-convex grippingjaws.

4. A bridle for brooms comprising verti- Cally-disposed Spring clamping-arms connect- 

